PLANTS Profile for Taxus canadensis (Canada yew)

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Taxus canadensis Marshall
Canada yew

Symbol:

TACA7

Group:

Gymnosperm

Family:

Taxaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Taxus canadensis Marshall

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Synonyms:
Taxus canadensis Marshall

	TACAA	Taxus canadensis Marshall var. adpressa (Carrière) Spjut		Canada yew
	TACAM	Taxus canadensis Marshall var. minor (Michx.) Spjut		Canada yew

Distribution:
Taxus canadensis Marshall


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Taxus canadensis Marshall

View 2 genera in Taxaceae, 6 species in Taxus

Classification:
Taxus canadensis Marshall

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Coniferophyta – Conifers
Class	Pinopsida
Order	Taxales
Family	Taxaceae – Yew family
Genus	Taxus L. – yew
Species	Taxus canadensis Marshall – Canada yew

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Taxus canadensis Marshall

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
American yew		Threatened
Kentucky:
Canadian yew		Threatened
Maryland:
American yew		Threatened
Rhode Island:
ground hemlock		Special Concern
Tennessee:
American yew		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Taxus canadensis Marshall

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Taxus canadensis Marshall

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 194885.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

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